Starship Troopers 3

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Starship Troopers: Marauder
Directed by	Edward Neumeier
Written by	Edward Neumeier
Starring	Casper Van Dien
Distributed by	Sony Pictures
Release date(s)	TBA
Country	USA
Language	English
Preceded by	Starship Troopers 2
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Starship Troopers: Marauder (aka Starship Troopers 3 or "ST3") is an upcoming science fiction film written and directed by Edward Neumeier. The film is a sequel to Starship Troopers and Starship Troopers 2. Starship Troopers: Marauder will star Casper Van Dien and be released directly to DVD. A release date has yet to be determined.

The production is expected to start in May, 2007, with principal photography commencing in South Africa.^{[citation needed]}

1 Plot
2 Updates
3 Comments from Casper Van Dien
4 External link

[edit] Plot

Set four years after the first movie, Juan 'Johnny' Rico has now reached the rank of general and the federal army is bigger then ever before. This time they run into a new strain of bug known as a 'Scorpion Bug'. The infantry must stop the Scorpion bug from breeding itself on Planet Earth.

[edit] Updates

Shooting is scheduled to begin in late March although delays could postpone it till mid April. So far Casper Van Dien is the only confirmed star that is returning for the sequel. The film will still contain the original bugs although Edward stated that a Scorpion bug would be more deadly. According to the script there will be two main stars leading the film.

According to Sneekpeek.ca filming has been pushed back and will now start filming May 21, 2007.

[edit] Comments from Casper Van Dien

Via his official forums at his website, Casper Van Dien reported that the first draft of the script was "Awesome." He stated that Ed Neumeier was working on the budget and that they would be meeting with Sony about the project. He stated that in the script the character Johnny Rico has been promoted to a general and that script contains a “main villain bug”, similar to the use of the Brain Bug in the first film. [1] On July 19, 2006, Van Dien said that the earliest shoot date would be in November 2006 or the beginning of 2007. [2]Through his MySpace account, Van Dien also revealed that South Africa, Morocco, Utah, and Canada are all being considered for shoot locations. [3]

Van Dien also stated that the writer of Starship Troopers and Starship Troopers 2, Edward Neumeier, would be directing, saying "It is about time Ed got behind the camera." This would be Neumeier's directorial debut.[4]